The manager who refuses to fake it is half right
The manager who says "I'm not a hugger" has forty years of research on their side. It runs out sooner than they'd like.
Your AI pilot is stalling on trust, not technology
No trust, no data. No data, no AI impact. The bottleneck in your AI programme usually sits a long way below the tech stack.
The manager is the implementation. AI adoption depends on it.
Manager engagement is at a record low, just as managers became the variable that decides whether AI lands. The reason has more to do with design than motivation.
The most confident voice in your change programme is rarely the best informed
The surest person in the room is often the least calibrated. The Dunning-Kruger effect at the executive table, and the quiet experts who are your best early warning system.
Complicated or complex? The diagnostic most 2026 change programmes skip
Cynefin, rutenso, and the leadership disposition complex change actually rewards. Five archetypes landing on senior leaders' desks in 2026
What 49 Pragma conversations taught us about how leaders define their real problem
Pragma's first 49 conversations revealed two patterns: the question leaders arrive with is rarely the real one, and specificity is the admission ticket.